What’s your favorite introduction to Dungeon World?
If you had to pick one blog post or article that really gets to the essence of DW, what would it be?
What’s your favorite introduction to Dungeon World?
What’s your favorite introduction to Dungeon World?
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The Guide.
Craig Hatler You mean the Dungeon World Guide?
Kasper Brohus I do. I’ve heard it mentioned simply as “The Guide”, so I figured it was understood.
Just wanted to make sure 🙂 It’s pretty good read, but I don’t think that it was what Tim Foley meant, though I might be mistaken.
I actually did send the guide to a friend for that reason. It does a great job explaining what DW is all about, but it’s still a bit much. The creators of the Guide should write a teaser version…
Oh man I like that idea Tim Foley. I’m gonna read through The Guide again just to get my juices flowing.
Another vote for the guide here. I had been skimming information from time to time on DW, but it wasn’t until I read the guide that it clicked and I though, “Oh man… I need to play this… now”.
The guide got me into DW and AW-games in general.
Me too. I didn’t really grok the game until I’d read The Guide.
Do you think that’s a weakness or threat to DW? Some players, especially those new to RPGs might not have the attention span for the Guide, and I don’t think the DW home page does much to convey how cool it really is. I found out about it by way of Apocalypse World by way of a Monsterhearts review. By the time I made it to DW, I already had an idea what was special. If someone had just linked me dungeon-world.com before all that, I’m not sure I would have paid attention.
Well I had never heard much about DW, and had very little interest in the genre when I started. Everyone kept talking about it though, and there was this “guide” that they recommended. So I had a look and was immediately hooked. Bought the game the next day and read the entire pdf when I should’ve been studying.
It might be a bit much to expect everyone to read it, but I think anyone who does read it realises there is something special about dungeon world.
Agreed Michael Walsh .
For sure. I think that the DW front page could do a lot better than, “Dungeon World is a tabletop roleplaying game. It’s a set of rules that you use, along with your friends, to play out fantasy adventures. You’ll take on the roles of dwarves, elves, and humans in a world of magic. You’ll face dangerous enemies, sweeping plots, and treacherous locations. Are you ready? ” It could be doing a lot more to sell itself!